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MARTHA PARDUETheatre director & writer
Selected work

Direction, adaptation and writing.

Four recent projects spanning classical Jacobean tragedy, contemporary American myth and short-form film. Newest first.

Queen Margaret mid-cry on the Victoria Baths tiles, bathed in amber tungsten light with the live band on the balcony behind.

Shakespeare Festival 2026

2026 · Director / Programmer

Shakespeare Festival 2026

Live theatre with music · 2 hr 30 min

A sold-out Shakespeare night gathering eight plays, more than forty collaborators and a live band.

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Eurydice reaching upward in a wash of cold blue, hair caught in motion.

Eurydice

2026 · Director

Eurydice

Stage · 1 hr 40 min · by Sarah Ruhl

Sarah Ruhl's Greek myth retold from Eurydice's side — an ethereal, mystical tragedy.

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The Duchess kneeling on her bed in a wash of cold blue light.

The Duchess of Malfi

2025 · Director / Adapter

The Duchess of Malfi

Stage · 2 hr 30 min · by John Webster

A feminist reframing of Webster's Jacobean tragedy, centred on the Duchess's agency.

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Title card from Rewind — mouth wrapped in unspooled cassette tape with the film's title overlaid.

Rewind

2022 · Director / Writer

Rewind

Short film · 8 minutes

A young woman retreats into memory until escape requires facing herself.

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